Irish emigrant’s ‘Just Saying’ video filmed in Dublin goes viral - VIDEO

Dave Tynan

In a poignant short video, Irishman Dave Tynan tackles the difficulties and confusion that emigration is placing upon the young generation in Ireland today.

Tynan himself lived in London for a few years, but returned to Dublin to make this video, which admirers are praising as a “masterpiece."

In the video, Tynan tackles the struggles that emigration places on not only those who choose to emigrate, but those who are left behind. He touches upon how Ireland may be easy to leave behind, but it’s also a good place to stay. After all, for many, Ireland is home.

“I’m just saying you might get sick of it all. But you might miss it, too. There’s ten good reasons to go, but a thousand tiny ones not to.”

Catch the touching video here:

TG Lurgan's Irish Christmas EP includes "A Fairytale of New York" as Gaeilge - AUDIO

The folks at TG Lurgan have put together a great Christmas EP under the title "EP na Nollag 2012" which includes three songs including an Irish version of The Pogue's "Fairytale of New York", as Gaeilge.

The album also includes two other Irish tunes for Christmas.

TG Lurgan  puts together Irish versions of popular songs, including hits such as Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", to aid people trying to learn Irish. They say their songs are a great way to learn and sign" along the lyrics of popular songs is an enjoyable as well as being a very effective way of improving your Gaeilge. So put on your headphones and give it a go."

Here's the album to listen to:

You can download the album for free here.

‘Six degrees of Kevin Bacon’ Flashdance star lends cult game to Irish advertisement - VIDEO

Jedward

Kevin Bacon once claimed he had worked with everyone in Hollywood.  As a result, the ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’ game evolved where movie lovers challenge each other to find the shortest path between an arbitrary actor and veteran Hollywood star Kevin Bacon.

Now the Hollywood star has linked himself to the Irish pop sensation Jedward. The Irish twins achieved fame after being featured on the UK edition of the X Factor in 2009.

In his latest advertisement for a mobile company, the ‘Footloose’  star says “When Jedward got voted off, I wept in my trailer.”

Watch the TV ad below:

Irish band Kodaline give sountrack to Google news official review of 2012 - VIDEO

Felix Baumgartner's world-record jump

The most Googled band in Ireland, Kodaline, lent their song to Google's annual Zeitgeist showing "how the world searched" in 2012. The music is an instrumental version of the song "All I Want."

The video shows a wide-range of events, people and conflicts that dominated the new this week.

Just some of the top searched topics were Felix Baumgartner's world-record jump, the protests in Syria and Greece, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Mars Rover landing, Pussy Riot, the launch of SpaceX's Dragon capsule and the elections in the United States, Egypt and France.

Google reports that there were 1.2 trillion Google searches in 146 languages in 2012.

Here's the video:

Christmas shopping blues - Jimmy Kimmel’s “As seen on TV” guide will help - VIDEO

No one ever said Christmas shopping was easy! Thankfully, TV host Jimmy Kimmel is here to help.

The late night TV host of ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ compiled a handy video featuring some of the best  ‘As Seen on TV’ products that promise to be unique holiday gifts .. with the added bonus of a money back guarantee.

Check out the hilarious video below. Would you order any of these gifts for the holidays?

Hillary Clinton finds it "wonderful" to be back in Ireland

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be in Ireland for very important business, but that didn't stop her from leaving a heartfelt note in the Aras an Uachtarain guestbook.

On the agenda for Secretary Clinton are an OSCE gathering, a joint press conference with Enda Kenny and meeting President Michael D Higgins.

In the guestbook, Clinton wrote "Wonderful to be back and once again celebrating the strong friendship between our countries and people – Hillary Rodham Clinton"